We Read Up A Storm at Our Read-A-Thon!

Our Read-A-Thon was a blast and a half! The night had two purposes: first, I wanted to take some time to educate families about how they can build early literacy skills in their children, and second, each book we read helped us raise money for St. Jude's Children's Hospital!

We began the night by enjoying some delicious pizza from Pizza Ranch. I want to make sure to thank them publicly for helping fill us up for our big night of reading! Make sure to thank them if you visit any time soon!

After our supper, we headed up to begin the reading. We rotated through a cycle of a read aloud, family reading time, and an activity for the next two hours. Here are some highlights of our evening:

The kids enjoyed three read alouds, including two from our special guest readers: Mrs. Wagner and Mr. Sherman! 

We sang some awesome songs, including our favorite: Tooty-Ta! If you weren't able to make it, I'm going to try to work this song into another program this year so you have a chance to see this. It's hilarious!

We went on a scavenger hunt throughout the church to find the letters in our names. I think we're still missing an i, so if you find it while you're here some day, you definitely win the prize!

We ate spiders made from Oreos, licorice, and M&Ms!

Most importantly, we...

enjoyed some quality family reading time!

When the evening was all said and done, we gathered a rough estimate of how many books we read and how much money we made for St. Jude's. 

We read about 80 books and made about $350 for St. Jude's!

Great reading everyone and thanks for coming!